The entire United States will be destroyed and left with fragments of resistance until the time of Jesus return to earth and at that time the nations will fall back against the lord.
Son of the Republic, Look and Learn
~ A Vision of George Washington ~
"The Birth, the progress and the destiny of the United States"
"Son of the Republic, look and learn."
"The Birth, the progress and the destiny of the United States"
"Son of the Republic, look and learn."
The father of our country, George Washington, was a man of prayer. Many of us have read of how he went to the thicket many times to pray during the winter his army was at Valley Forge. However, little publicity has been give to the vision and prophecy he received at that time.
The account of this vision was given in 1859 by an old soldier. He gave it to a writer, Wesley Bradshaw, who published it. In the vision God revealed to George Washington that three great perils would come upon the republic. He was given to know that America was going through the first peril at that time. The old soldier who told the story of the vision said the nation would soon see the account verified by the second peril descending upon the land.
We give the account here as printed in the U.S. war veterans paper The National Tribune, in December 1880. The National Tribune became, "The Stars and Stripes", and this article was later reprinted in that publication.
I do not know whether it is owing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but this afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaging in preparing a dispatch, something in the apartment seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite to me a singularly beautiful being. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of the visit. A second, a third, and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of the eyes.
By this time I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I tried once more to speak, but my tongue became useless, as if paralyzed. A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor.
Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed to fill with sensations, and grew luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarefy, the mysterious visitor also becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations I sometimes imagine accompanying death. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move. All were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly on my companion.
Presently I heard a voice say,
"Son of the Republic, look and learn,"
while at the same time my visitor extended an arm eastward. I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon the strange scene. Before me lay, out in one vast plain all the countries of the world -- Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America lay billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific.
"Son of the Republic",
said the same mysterious voice as before,
" look and learn."
The First Peril: The Revolutionary War.
At that moment I beheld a dark shadowy being, like an angel, standing, or rather floating in mid-air, between Europe and America. Dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left he cast some over Europe. Immediately a cloud arose from these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For awhile it remained stationary, and then it moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds.
At that moment I beheld a dark shadowy being, like an angel, standing, or rather floating in mid-air, between Europe and America. Dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left he cast some over Europe. Immediately a cloud arose from these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For awhile it remained stationary, and then it moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds.
A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying,
"Son of the Republic, look and learn."
I
cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and town and cities
spring up one right after another until the whole land from the Atlantic
to the Pacific was dotted with them. Again, I heard the mysterious
voice say,
"Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn."
And
this time a dark shadowy angel turned his face southward. From Africa I
saw an ill omened spectra approach our land. It flitted slowly and
heavily over every town and city of the latter. The inhabitants
presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I
continued look I saw a bright angel on whose brow was traced the word
'Union.' He was bearing the American flag. He placed the flag between
the divided nation and said,
"Remember, ye are brethren. "
"Son of the Republic, look and learn."
At
this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew
three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it
upon Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Then
my eyes beheld a fearful scene. From each of these continents arose
thick black clouds that were soon joined into one. And throughout this
mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men.
These men, moving with the cloud marched by land and sailed by sea to
America, which country was enveloped in the volume of the cloud. And I
dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the
villages, towns and cities, which I had seen spring up.
As
my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords,
and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I again heard the
mysterious voice saying,
"Son of the Republic, look and learn."
When
the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once
more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast. Instantly a
light, as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and
broke into fragments of the dark cloud, which enveloped America. At the
same moment the angel upon whose head still shown the word 'Union,' and
who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other,
descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These
immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were
well-nigh over come, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up
their broken ranks, and renewed battle.
Again amid the fearful voice of the conflict I heard the mysterious voice say,
"Son of the Republic, look and learn."
As
the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped the water
from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark clouds
rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the
inhabitants of the land victorious.
"While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last."
And taking from his brow the crown, which blazoned the word 'Union,' he placed it down upon the standard while the people, kneeling down said, 'Amen.'
The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor, I at first beheld. This also disappeared, and I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor who, in the same voice I heard before said,
"Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful for her is the third. But the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and Union."
With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been showed me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States."
